PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency leaves. for tho. Wairarap& i., by' the express' this morning to ■ officiate i' at, tho'opening of ai new Maaon/s 'oi'ge at ' Martinborough.. : .• • i.; ~-;i . Lady Plunket is to hold a., reception ~at . Government House between 4 p.m. .and..6V p.m. to-day.' • : Dr. Pomare, Health Officer .to the Maoris; ~ left for tho northern'district yesterday. '. Archbishop Redwood was a-visitor to the ; Palmorston Nortji Show yesterday. Mrs. H. D. Bell leaves for Sydney to-mor-row by the'Warrimoo en routo for England. " The. Inspector: of Prisons (Col. Hume) left .for the north by tho, Takapuna last evening. Mr., W. H. Hajvthorne, veterinary : surgeon , under tho Agricultural Department, has been transferred from Auckland to. this city. Mr. -William' Allan (of..Messrs..Voitcli,and,Allan) and Mrs...Allan intend .leaving on a trip to ,tlie Old. Country in Fobruary next. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Hudson; of Sydney, who have been visiting Wellington,, left for the South last evening. : They, .are to. return ;, north in a few days to do Rotorua and the-' Wanganui' ;River trip/' - >- -s Mr.'G; M.'Tolhiirst;'manager of tho Union Bank, and Miss Tolbiurst; returned last' night from a trip to England. r. -'V Mi's JosephV and. tfio two Misses Joseph, ; of Hobson Street; returned from England'" last night. They were passengers from Syd- : noy'by the' Monowdi. ■ : Mr.. R.;. Nathan, of W: ;-M:: Bannatyne. and - Co. (son of Mr. : Walter Nathan); who has ", been on a visit to England, was" a passenger from Sydney by the Moriowni. "• . . Tho Hon. Charles Johnston, M.L.C., and Mrs. i'Johnstoiij returned fro«i a'trip to England last, night, arriving by the Monowai at it lato hour The passengers-by the Monowai from Syd- - noy last night,included,.Mr. and Mrs; Liebqr, ; , and Mr. tiid Mrs, A. Wiren, of .Wellington, who have been visiting'tile Old Couutry. Mr., Arthur' Mack,.'son of, Sir. Williain Mack ' (of 'Jenkins and' Mack),, returned to., Wollihgtori by the Monowai'last night, after two and a' half years' residence in London,', ivhoro ho has been perfecting' himself _in his .': trado; '.I

A Press Association'telegram from Hastings states that (Mr. David, Banks," Clerk of the Court at Hastings, has received notice of; his up his duties! there • next r week. 1 , Yesterday afternoon .the, staff, of the Alii- ,i an'ce Assuranco Company,'' Limited, presented Mr. R. F. Robinson' with a pair of gold links, as a token, of esteem, on the, occasion of -his liis connection .with the Coni-" '. pany.;to -.take, up .a ,position on tho staff of the. South.British Insurance, Company..., ? .. Mr;' Stephen William Lockvroo'd well-'-known builder of South Wellington, died on' : Tuesday :,in , his j sovonty-second .year. , ; '.ThO ' late Mr. L.ockwood'.was horn in l ' Liverpool;' l ; aiid'-camo,-t'o 'Now'.Z9?la&d'!a%ut,,a 1 of a century ago.-■: He was a successful build-iT or, and a trustee of 'the 'Dohald/M'Lean:;, Stroet Primitive Methodist! Church," towards),! fcho erection of which ho was oik; of tho largest doiloVs;'-; He leaves; a; wdbw,';liut nd ; ', family. Tho funeral will leavo his.lato rosfe-i donee, Angus Avenue, to-day, at 2 p.m., for tho Priuiitivo Methodist .Church, Donald M'Lean Street, and Karori cemetery. Professor Salo, Professor of Classics, at, the - University'"of Otago, presented' with* p . handsome, /silver salver arid , purse of 145,.; sovereigns on'his retiring from tho TJiiivorsity. after a'tenure of pfiiee oxtending over thirty-,' seven years. Tho presentation was'made liy ' Mr," Justico 'Williams, Chancellor of',tho Uni- , versity, on ,behalf, of the University Council, his colleagues, .'past and present pupils, and ■ personal friends. Profossbr';Sale iojoiint of liis health;' and leaves!shortly,fo':. ; . England with Mrs. Sale.

I-lorr Max Hoppe,. tho talented violinist ■ has now been'resident' in Wellington for ten years, and'that 'fact\is being taken as a fitting opportunity of showing him tlie appreciation of the ready and gratuitous assist- • ance ho has lent oil so many occasions; ' Tho ■ ' leading musicians of Wellington havo.decided to tender '.him a complimentary .concert at ' tho Town Hall on November' 26.' A meeting 1 '; to arrange preliminaries, convened' by Messrs.-. ; ■' Maugha.t .Barnett/aiid Robert Parkor, will bo held at the Dresden Rooms, on .Friday ~ ovcuing next. ;, . . .•••• . Well dressed moans becomingly dressed, not merclv tho wearing, of smart clothes, but (farmem-! dt'Signed t'o''emphasise tho good points of tho figure. Hence, tiie premier and most essential item a fashionably attired . woman needs is a perfectly cut corset, artistically moulded to tho "human form." C. Adams and., Co. 35 Cuba Street, have ,r most. up-to-date . eoiset department, and a lady expert is;ahvaj-8 ' in attendance for the purpose; o.(-• fitting., Besides having all. the most fashionable makes of corsets to select from, C. Adams and Co. are agents for the Messenger Corset Manufac-. turors. Your measure': is taken! by sin. expert, fitted and made to your order within a week. Inspection invited. C6J4